"You bitch, how dare you treat me like this."
Liu Wentao looked at Caifeng in disbelief.
In his memory, Cai Feng had always been gentle and weak, and always had the final say. Now she dared to treat him like this.
"My daughter finally has her own new family, with loving parents and grandparents."
"Da Ya and Er Ya can eat their fill and wear warm clothes, but you want to ruin all of that. Since that's the case, don't blame me."
At this point, Old Lady Liu had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation and was still scolding Cai Feng, thinking that she was still the same as she remembered.
He was still fantasizing that Caifeng would be as obedient and filial to him as before, and most importantly, he was looking at her wearing such gorgeous clothes.
They were convinced that she must have a lot of money, and that money belonged to their son.
Liu Wentao clearly saw the intense killing intent emanating from Cai Feng, and he was certain that this woman might actually kill them.
"Alright, that's enough," Liu Wentao snapped at his mother.
"Why shouldn't I say anything? You haven't divorced this little bitch yet! She's still your wife!"
I am still her mother-in-law. Even if I scold her or beat her to death, no one can say I did anything wrong.
"You really think you can just abandon us now that you've hooked up with some rich guy? Let me tell you, as long as my son doesn't divorce you, every single penny you earn will have to be handed back to me."
Cai Feng didn't want to say anything more to this family, so she nodded to the big man beside her.
The burly, dark-faced man took the medicine in his hand, pinched the old woman's mouth, and forced it down her throat.
"Cough cough cough, what did you give me to eat?"
The woman calmly dusted herself off, saying, "It's just medicine to shut your stinking mouth."
Soon, Old Mrs. Liu was clutching her throat and writhing in pain on the ground.
Liu Wentao didn't care about his elderly mother anymore; all he wanted to do now was escape. He felt that this woman's next target was him.
Sure enough, the dark-faced man grabbed Liu Wentao's chin with the medicine, intending to force it down his throat.
Liu Wentao knelt on the ground, begging Caifeng, "I was wrong, I deserve to die, please spare me, please forgive me for the sake of our past marriage."
As she spoke, Cai Feng kowtowed repeatedly.
"Do you think I would leave someone like you, who could threaten my daughter at any moment, to exist?"
He turned and winked at the burly, dark-faced man, who then pried open Liu Wentao's mouth and threw the pill in.
After Liu Wentao was given the drug by the big man, he was thrown aside.
He coughed desperately, trying to clear his throat, but how could the medicine that had already been taken out come out so easily?
"You wicked woman, you'll die a horrible death."
Ignoring the man roaring wildly on the ground, Cai Feng whispered, "You know what? Sometimes I think that if you didn't favor boys over girls and treated these daughters well, you would be a master now, wouldn't you?"
"As expected of an unlucky person. Even if the little lucky star were born into your family, you would still throw her away. But it's good this way, haha."
Cai Feng suddenly burst into laughter in the courtyard, and then led the burly man with a dark face out of the courtyard.
Only two people remained in the yard, groaning in pain on the ground.
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Princess's Mansion
"Mutao, you're old enough to be a good match. How about I help you find someone?"
After hearing what the old lady said, Mu Tao blushed instantly. "I want to spend more time with the little princess. I don't want to think about other people for now."
"That's fine too. Waiting another year or two isn't too late."
Grandma Su watched the little girl grow up little by little in her family. When they first came, the two girls were skin and bones, but now they have grown into graceful young women.
He had long treated these two girls like his own children.
Although Su Muyao was fiddling with the things in her hands, she was still listening intently to what Grandma Su was saying to her two older sisters.
The current Daya has been renamed Mutao, and Erya has been renamed Muxiu.
Originally, I wanted to use the character "沐" (mu), but Old Man Su disagreed, so I ended up using "木" (mu).
The two women's indentures had already been returned to them before they moved to the Princess's residence.
She also promised that when the two of them got married, they would go to the princess's mansion and get married as the princess's god-sisters.
Moreover, Grandma Su prepared a considerable dowry for the two of them, so no one would underestimate them.
Time passed little by little.
Several months have passed in the blink of an eye, and outside, heavy snow has begun to fall, marking the first snowfall of the year.
Su Muyao watched the snowflakes falling gently outside, then sat by the stove, shaking her legs to warm herself.
He was wearing a thick shawl and a fluffy scarf around his neck, making him look like a neckless raccoon.
Su Mingxuan ran in from outside and sat by the fireplace, chattering away, "I made a new playmate today! Let me tell you, she's super smart, even smarter than Xibao... and she can solve so many riddles, she gets them right every time..."
"Male or female?"
This sentence made Su Mingxuan stop abruptly. "Um, it's a girl."
"Oh~"
Su Mingxuan was caught off guard by his younger sister's "oh." He really didn't mean anything by it, so why did his sister seem to be thinking about something else?
At this moment, the steward came to report, "Young Princess, all the account books you asked us to compile have been completed. Would you like to send these dividends over now?"
"I'll send it over now so you can go in person. Also, take a few bottles of good wine and some dried meat with you."
After replying "Yes," the steward hurriedly took the money and entered the palace.
Every month, the young princess would send her share of the profits belonging to Longyuan to the Empress in the palace.
This month was no exception. The steward left in a hurry after giving the Empress his gift, as the palace was not a place he could stay for long.
"Sigh, let's convert all the dividends that have been sent over this period into grain and send it to the soldiers on the border."
After the Empress finished speaking, a maidservant stepped forward, took the stack of silver notes, and hurriedly retreated to prepare food.
"Xiao Cui, why aren't you inside serving the Empress? Why are you out here?"
When Xiao Cui heard someone calling her, she looked up and saw Tao Hua.
"Sister Peach Blossom, Her Majesty has asked me to exchange these silver notes for grain and send it to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Okay, go ahead and get busy."
Seeing that the person had left, Peach Blossom hurriedly left the Brocade Palace and headed towards the Imperial Concubine's bedroom.
What she didn't notice was that a head maid and several old women were following behind her.
Just as Peach Blossom was about to reach the Imperial Concubine's palace, several old women behind her grabbed her.
"You little slut, Her Majesty has always been very kind to us servants and has never mistreated us."
If it weren't for the Empress taking pity on you and buying you into the palace to become a first-class maid with no worries about food or drink, you would have been fine.
You're probably frozen to death somewhere by now, how dare you betray the Empress, you're such an ingrate!
Peach Blossom never imagined that she, who was usually extremely careful in handling matters, would be caught today.
"This servant does not understand what you mean, Granny. I was just passing by the entrance of the Consort's palace, how could you have framed me like this? Have I offended you in any way that you would wrong me like this?"
Upon hearing this, the nanny pinched and pinched the soft spot on the peach blossom again and again.
Peach Blossom felt a piercing pain in her chest. "Granny, I am still one of the Empress's top maids. If the Empress finds out that you have treated me like this, she will not let you off the hook."
Then the old nanny slapped Peach Blossom across the face. "Do you think we caught you? The Empress knew there was a traitor in our palace, but she never thought it would be you."
"That's right. The Empress has suspected everyone in the palace but never you. You have truly disappointed Her Majesty the Empress."
Several nannies also looked at Tao Hua with disappointment. They had watched this girl grow up, but they never expected her to turn out so badly and become an ungrateful wretch.
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